Table 2.
Apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP) and crude fiber (CF) in dogs fed commercial dry foods once or 3 times daily
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P |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digestibilitya | Feed sequence |
Sx | A versus B | 1 versus 3 | Interactionb,a | |||
| A1 | A3 | B1 | B3 | |||||
| DM | 81.8 | 84.9 | 71.0 | 70.1 | 1.66 | < 0.001 | ns | ns |
| OM | 85.4 | 88.0 | 75.5 | 74.9 | 1.36 | < 0.001 | ns | ns |
| CP | 86.8 | 88.3 | 81.5 | 81.6 | 1.18 | < 0.001 | ns | ns |
| CF | 19.0 | 44.3 | 36.7 | 28.0 | 5.51 | ns | ns | ns |
a
Values shown are mean percentages.
b
Food × frequency.
A1 — food A fed once daily; A3 — food A fed 3 times daily; B1 — food B fed once daily; B3 — food B fed 3 times daily.
Sχ̄ — standard error of the mean; P — probability of a significant difference; A versus B — food A versus food B; 1 versus 3 — once versus 3 times daily; ns — not significant (P > 0.05).